21721. Misbranding of peanut meal.     U.  S. v. Wilkins-Rogers  Milling Co.,
Inc.     Plea   of guilty.     Fine,  $100.      (Pi   &  D.  no.   30290.     Sample  no. 
17790-A.)
This case was based on an interstate shipment of peanut meal that contained 
less protein and more crude fiber than declared on the label.
On September 8, 1933, the United States attorney for the District of Colum- 
bia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the police court 
of the District of Columbia, an information against the Wilkins-Rogers Milling 
Co., Inc., trading at Georgetown, D.C, alleging shipment by said company in vio- 
lation of the Food and Drugs Act, on or about September 15, 1932, from the 
District of Columbia into the State of Maryland, of a quantity of peanut meal 
that was misbranded. The article was labeled in part: (Tag) "Wilroco 45% 
Peanut Meal Manufactured for Wilkins-Rogers Milling Company, Washington, 
D.C.   Analysis Minimum Protein 45%    *    *    *    Maximum Fibre 6%."
It was alleged in the information that the article was misbranded in that 
the statements, "45% Peanut Meal", "Analysis Minimum Protein 45%", 
" Maximum Fibre 6% ", borne on the label, were false and misleading and for 
the further reason that the article was labeled so as to deceive and mislead 
the purchaser, since it contained less than 45 percent of protein and more than 
6 percent of crude fiber.
On September 8, 1933, a plea of guilty to the information was entered on 
behalf of the defendant company, and the court imposed a fine of $106.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.